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The other day, while preparing dinner, I listened to two announcers on the radio puzzling over the words in some old Christmas carols. Whats figgy pudding? one asked. And bells on Bobs tail ring whos Bob? commented the other. Of course, they were tr ...
http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19971201/ARTICLES/ADVTRAD1.HTM
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- The Myths and Lore
The plant was ceremoniously cut with a golden sickle by Celtic priests and caught on a white cloth so as to avoid touching the ground. This ceremony coincided with the winter solstice and thus began the winter celebration.Mistletoe was also used to w ...
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/tn_consv/archive/mistltoe.htm
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- The Catholic Encyclopedia
Martindale, C.C. 1908. Christmas. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved May 19, 2009 from New Advent: ...
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03724b.htm
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- The Christmas
The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivalsparades with flo ...
http://www.holidays.net/christmas/story.htm
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- The Christian Legends
Lions and panthers adored him and accompanied them in the desert. Wherever Joseph and Mary went, they went before them showing them the way...Now at first when Mary saw the lions and the panthers, and various kinds of wild beasts, coming about them, ...
http://ww2.netnitco.net/~legend01/xmas97.htm
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Christmas is celebrated in many parts of the world on 25 December. Protestant and Roman Catholic churches hold Christmas Day services on 25 December. The Eastern churches the Ethiopian Orthodox church, Russian Orthodox church and the Armenian church ...
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/christmas/
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- The Star of Bethlehem
The Considers both prophecies and astronomical facts in an investigation into the appearance and meaning of the Star of Bethlehem. ...
http://www.bethlehemstar.net/
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The Stories and history behind Christmas dates, celebrations, rituals, decorations, and characters. ...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/christmas/features/charticles.htm...
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- The Canadian Holidays
Inglewood Care Centre is an accredited, privately owned and operated managed care facility, located in West Vancouver in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.The management team is commended for providing strong, progressive leadership that inco ...
http://www.inglewoodcarecentre.com/history/christmas_history.htm
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The Massachusetts Online Travel Journal. It all began in 1999 when I started up a site focusing on the Cambridge area through The Mining Company, which later became About. When my relationship with About ended in 2001, I decided to take my ideas and ...
http://masstraveljournal.com/features/1101chrisban.html
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